"Quick, quick, quick, co in, co in."
Old Xu had just made a stunning coback downstairs, feeling on top of the world.
He eagerly welcod his daughter and her family of three into the house.
Du Yongi, who was cooking in the kitchen, heard the commotion at the door and turned off the stove to greet them.
Of course, her attention was solely on her precious elder daughter and granddaughter.
As soon as she stepped out, she was taken aback seeing the box of Maotai liquor in Jiang Tao’s arms.
For so many years, the wines Jiang Tao gifted during the New Year were always the common wines worth three to five hundred yuan.
Giving Maotai, this was truly an unprecedented first!
"Mom~ do we have spicy boiled pork slices tonight? It’s my husband’s favorite; it absolutely must be on the nu!"
Xu Li affectionately clung to her mom’s arm, inquiring about the dishes for the evening.
"Yes! You’ve ntioned it eight tis on WeChat! How could I not make it!"
Du Yongi averted her gaze from the Maotai box in Jiang Tao’s arms with an exasperated roll of her eyes.
"Hehe, thanks, Mom, you’re the best!"
"Tsk tsk tsk..."
Sitting on the living room sofa browsing Little Sweet Potato, Xu Sha observed her sister acting coquettishly with their mom, utterly speechless!
It was hard to believe this was a thirty-year-old woman behaving so childishly, like a three-year-old!
"Happy New Year, Mom."
Jiang Tao smiled as he greeted Du Yongi.
Even though he knew his mother-in-law wasn’t particularly fond of him, she was still Xu Li’s mom.
Jiang Tao always treated Du Yongi with respect, never overstepping boundaries.
"Hmm."
"Xiao Xue, your Aunt bought lots of yummy treats earlier, co, Grandma will take you to get so."
Du Yongi simply acknowledged Jiang Tao with a hum, then removed her apron, taking Jiang Xue’s hand to raid Xu Sha’s snack stash.
"Mom! No! Xiao Xue, co, Auntie will take you to buy new ones. Kids shouldn’t eat adult snacks; they’re not healthy!"
Seeing her snack stash about to be raided, Xu Sha sprang up from the sofa as if on springs.
She hurriedly grabbed Jiang Xue’s hand and whisked her out, all the while never sparing her brother-in-law Jiang Tao a glance.
After a few pleasantries, Old Xu and Jiang Tao headed to the living room’s tea table for so tea.
anwhile, Xu Li mysteriously pulled her mom into the bedroom.
"Mom, this is from my husband for you."
Once inside, Xu Li handed a bulging red envelope from her pocket to her mom.
"This is..."
As soon as Du Yongi felt the thickness, she knew how much it was, her face showing surprise.
"My husband said it’s not right to get Dad cigarettes and liquor without getting you anything."
"So he’s giving you a red envelope, so you can buy whatever you like."
"Hehe, isn’t my husband thoughtful?"
Xu Li wrapped her arms around her mom’s waist, resting her head on her mom’s shoulder, boosting Jiang Tao’s image to her mom.
"Well, he sure is thoughtful, with the Maotai, the Zhonghua, and now this hefty red envelope. Did he make a fortune this year?"
This year, Du Yongi was indeed seeing Jiang Tao in a new light.
"My husband had a good year, or rather, it would be more accurate to say he has a keen eye!"
"Not long ago, he and so friends ventured into sugar oranges; you would never guess how much he made."
At the ntion of her husband’s lucrative projects, Xu Li’s eyes sparkled with admiration.
Du Yongi said, "How much could he make selling sugar oranges? A hundred thousand at most, right?"
"750,000! In just about ten days, my husband made 750,000! Hehe! Do you think my husband’s capable?"
Talking about the money Jiang Tao made from the sugar orange project, Xu Li’s face glowed with pride.
"How much?"
Du Yongi was stunned, her expression asking if it was really 750,000, not 75,000.
"When he spotted the business opportunity, he decisively invested 250,000, and ended up netting 750,000!"
"Co on, praise my husband; after being together for so many years, I’ve never heard you praise him!"
"Now with such a big achievent, isn’t it ti for so complints?"
Xu Li shook her mom’s arm, lobbying for praise for her husband.
"Well... that is quite impressive."
At this mont, Du Yongi’s regard for Jiang Tao rose yet again.
Whether it’s luck or foresight,
being able to make 750,000 in such a short ti takes skill!
The family’s savings from many years only amounted to about a million.
Xu Li continued, "And Mom, let tell you another even more stunningly explosive piece of news!"
"How explosive can it be? Look at how excited you are, acting like a girl who’s never seen the world, even at your age."
Despite her face showing disdain, Du Yongi felt quite amused.
Every ti her elder daughter showered her with affection, she felt ten years younger.
Xu Li joyfully said, "My husband did a favor for a big boss, and the boss gifted him a rcedes-Benz GLS! Worth over a million!"
"A rcedes over a million! Are you saying soone gifted Jiang Tao a rcedes over a million?"
Du Yongi was once again shocked, in disbelief.
In just a few minutes, Jiang Tao had given her one surprise after another.
Xu Li chuckled, "Yes, yes, the car is downstairs, I’ll take you for a drive when we have so ti."
"What did Jiang Tao do for them to deserve such an expensive car? Those bosses sure are generous."
Du Yongi couldn’t figure it out, and started to worry that Jiang Tao might have taken a wrong turn sowhere.
"That big boss is the president of a large mall chain in Beijing; I even spoke to her on the phone, she’s definitely not a bad person."
"And, you know my husband, he wouldn’t do anything illegal."
"That’s true..."
Du Yongi nodded, deciding to stop inquiring further.
Her son-in-law’s mid-life rise was sothing she, as a mother-in-law, was happy to see.
It seed her precious elder daughter was finally seeing the end of her struggles; it was a good thing!
The mother and daughter chatted away in the room for over an hour.
Xu Li proudly showed her mom the new phone and gold bracelet Jiang Tao had gifted her.
Seeing her elder daughter so happy and fulfilled, Du Yongi suddenly admired her elder daughter’s judgnt.
When she first married Jiang Tao, they barely had anything, poor as can be.
Not to ntion a house in the city, they didn’t even own one in the village, living with parents and a sister.
Only this year did they finally build a new ho, giving the young couple a place to call their own.
"As they say, a change of house brings prosperity, Lili, you and Jiang Tao building a house in the village was a great move."
"Living in a new house must have changed your luck, bringing prosperous stars, which is why Jiang Tao had such wealth this year."
Du Yongi thought and thought, eventually attributing Jiang Tao’s unbelievable fortune this past year to the mystical forces.
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